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Colaptes auratus Swainson, Fauna Bor.-Am., ii, 1831, pp. xxvi, 314, part; Classif. 

 Birds, ii, 1837, 310.— Bonaparte, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 40, part.— 

 NuTTALL, Man. Orn. U. S. and Can., Land Birds, 2d ed., 1840, 663. 

 Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Siu-v., ix, 1858, 118, part; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 

 1859, no. 97, part.— Marsh, Zoologist, 1859, 6327 (accidental in England).— 

 ScLATER, Cat, Am. Birds, 1862, 344, part (Eastern North America).— 

 (?)Dresser, Ibis, 1865, 470 (San Antonio, Texas, 1 spec.).— Lawrence, 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 1866, 291 (vicinity of New York City).— Allen, Bull. 

 Mus. Comp. Zool., iii, 1872, 143 (Saline R., n. w. Kansas, winter).- Coues, 

 Check List, 1873, no. 312, part; 2d ed., 1882, no. 457, part; Birds North-West, 

 1874, 292, part. — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 

 1874, 575, part, pi. 55, figs. 1, 2.— Brewster, Ann. Lye. N. Y., xi, 1875, 

 144 (Ritchie Co., West Virginia); Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 181 (descr. 

 first plumage), Auk, x, 1893, 231-236 (feeding of young).— Scott, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, v, 1880, 56 (nesting in natural cavity).— (?)Dalgleish, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 74 (accidental in England).— Hardy, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, v, 1880, 241 (unusual nesting sites).— Ridgway, Nom. N. Am. 

 Birds, 1881, no. 378, part.— Ogilvy, Sci. Proc. Roy. Dublin Soc, iii, 1882, 

 59 (Navarro Co., Texas, winter; habits).— Bicknell, Auk, ii, 1885, 259 

 (notes).— American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886 (and 2d ed., 

 1895), no. 412, part.— Lloyd, Auk, iv, 1887, 191 (Tom Green and Concho 

 counties, Texas, winter).— Phillips, Auk, iv, 1887, 346 (laid 71 eggs in 73 

 days!).— Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 133, part (San Angelo, s. w. 

 Texas; Bonham, Texas; etc.).— Beckham, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1888, 

 665 (San Antonio, Texas, 1 spec, March 2).— Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 235 

 (San Antonio, Texas, winter).— Single y, Rep. Geol. Surv. Texas, 1894, 350 

 (Lee Co., Texas, winter resident).— Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 

 1895, 129, part.— Miller (G. S.), Auk, xiv, 1897, 275 (spec, with spotted 

 rump).— Burns, Wilson Bull., no. 31, 1900, 1-82, part (monogr.); no. 70, 

 1910, 55 (a Pennsylvania vernacular name).— Beal, Bull. 37, U. S. Biol. 

 Surv., 1911, 52, part (food). 



[Colaptes] auratus Bon AF ARTE, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 113, part; Ateneo Italiano, ii, 

 1854, 126.— Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 202, no. 8822, part.— Coues, Key N. 

 Am. Birds, 1872, 197, part. 



C[olaptes] auratus Reichenbach, Handb. Scans., Picinge, 1854, 412, pi. 666, fig. 

 4419-20, part.— Maximilian, Journ. fur Orn., 1858, 420 (New Harmony, 

 Indiana, winter).— Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 493, part.— 

 Ridgway, Ann. Lye. N. Y., x, 1874, 378, part (Illinois); Man. N. Am. Birds, 

 1887, 295, part. 



[Colaptes auratus] var. auratus Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, ii, 1874, 575, part. 



Geopicos auratus Malherbe, Mem. Acad. Metz, xxx, 1849, 359, part. 



Geopicus auratus Malherbe, Mon. Picid., ii, 1862, 255, part; iv, pi. 109, fio^ 

 5, 6, 7. 



Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, Auk, xv, April, 1898, 177 (Watertown, Massa- 

 chusetts; coll. E. A. and O. Bangs). — American Ornithologists' Union 

 Committee, Auk, xvi, 1899, 111, part (check list no. 412a).— Blake, Auk, xix, 

 1902, 199 (Berkshire Co., Maasachustetts, Dec, 1 spec.).— Larsen, Wilson 

 Bull., no. 60, 1907, 114 (Lyman Co., South Dakota, com. sum. res.). —Howell, 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxi, 1908, 121 (n. Louisiana, winter); Auk, xxvii, 

 1910, 296 (Midway, Barbourville, etc., Kentucky), 302 (High Cliff, etc., e. 

 Tennessee).— Embody, Auk, xxvii, 1910, 172 (Hanover Co., Virginia, resi- 

 dent).— American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 3d ed., 1910, 194, 

 part. 



[Colaptes auratus luteus] Sherman (Althea R.), Wilson Bull., xxii, 1910, 13&-171, 

 figs., 5 pis. (nesting habits, etc.). 



[Colaptes] luteus Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 201, part. 



